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J. A. SORIVEN.

DRA-WERS.

No. 590,596. Patented Sept. 28,1897.

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JEREMIAH A. SORIVEN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRAWIERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,596, datedSeptember 28, 1897.

Application filed April 19, 1897. Serial No, 632,734. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH A. SCRIVEN, a resident of the city, county,and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Underwear, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to underwear, and has for its object to produce apair of drawers which will snugly fit the abdomen of the wearer. It iswell known that the waists of corpulent persons are of lesscircumference than the circumference of the abdomen and hips of suchpersons, and hence a pair of drawers which will fit well at the waistwill be entirely too tight over the abdomen, or if the garment properlyfits the abdomen it will be entirely too large at the waist. The abdomenalso varies in size at different times of the day or at differentperiods of the persons health, and consequently it is very difficult toproduce a garment which will properly fit-adipose persons. Thesedifficulties heretofore existent in garments for these purposes I haveobviated by my invention.

My invention will be understood by referring to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- I Figure 1 represents a man wearing an undergarmentembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail View of the upper part of thegarment to more clearly show the invention. In the drawings, A is a pairof drawers, which may consist of inelastic front and rear sections a andb, constituting the body and leg portions of the drawers, and aWaist-piece c. The garment is shown as provided-with a fly-front d. Theabdomen-receiving portion of the garment consists of two elasticinsertions 6 f of a general triangular shape. These insertions aresecured to the front section of the garment, the waist-piece, and thefly-front by stitching, the front section of the garment being cut awayso that the said insertions will constitute-a portion of the front ofthe garment. These insertions are of considerable extent and stretch andresume their original shape under the influence of the expansion andcontraction of the abdomen. The elastic insertions may be of anysuitable shape or material. In the present instance I have shown them asconsisting of ribbed knitted fabric having the ribs 9 thereof runningdiagonally. By thus constructing the garment I am enabled to get themost stretch out of the ribbed fabric.

In making up my garment I customarily make the front and rear sectionsand waistpiece of inelastic material, by which I mean material lesselastic than the insertions e f. So, therefore, when in the claims Irefer to these parts as inelastic I use the term merely in thecomparative degree, meaning merely that these parts are less elasticthan the insertions.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pair of drawers comprising in their structure an inelasticwaist-piece, a divided front, inelastic leg portions, and a plurality ofelastic insert-ions let into the front of the upper part of the saiddrawers on either side of the division in the front below thewaist-piece of the drawers and adapted to cover the abdomen of a wearerso as to snugly fit the said abdomen at different periods of itsdistention.

2. A pair of drawers comprising in their structure an inelasticwaist-piece, an inelastic divided front portion, and a plurality ofinsertions of elastic ribbed fabric let into the upper portion of theinelastic front of the drawers, below the waist-piece one on each sideof the division and having their ribs running diagonally with respect tothe waist-piece, the said elastic insertions being adapted to cover theabdomen of a wearer so as to snugly fit the same during differentperiods of its distention.

3. In a pair of drawers, the combination of inelastic front and rearsections, an inelastic waist-piece and a divided front and a pluralityof insertions of elastic fabric of a triangular shape let into the upperportions of the front sections of the drawers below the waist-piece andon either side of the division in the front.

1 JEREMIAH A. SCRIVEN. Witnesses:

GEO. E. MORSE, MAURICE BLocK.

